Saturday, November 2, 2013

Quidditch: Oxy v. Claremont

Ever wanted to see how Quidditch is played in real life? Come watch the Oxy Doxies' first match of the season against Claremont's Dirigible Plums!

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7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

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The game starts at 12:45 p.m., but come at 12:30 to hear from one of our captains about how the game is played so you can root for the right team! If you can't make it then, we will be playing til around 3 p.m., so come support us for a little while and experience the fun of the game.

Monday, November 4, 2013

A Talk by Max Blumenthal: Goliath: Fear and Loathing In Israel.

Award-winning journalist and NY Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal comes to Oxy to discuss his book Goliath: Fear and Loathing In Israel.

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11:00 PM - 11:00 PM

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Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Daily Beast, the Nation, Guardian, Independent Film Channel, The Huffington Post, Al Jazeera English, and many other publications. He will speak on the political and religious issues and movements within present-day Israel by uncovering the histories of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

A Talk by Dr. Walid A. Majid: Searching for Pulsars at the Center of the Galaxy

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

A Talk by Dr. Walid A. Majid: Searching for Pulsars at the Center of the Galaxy

Dr. Walid A. Majid of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will give a talk entitled "Searching for Pulsars at the Center of the Galaxy," presented by the 2013 Physics Seminar Series.

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12:30 AM - 1:30 AM

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Pulsars are highly magnetized, rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation that could be directed at Earth. Dr. Majid will discuss why it is important to search for pulsars in the center of the galaxy, and will give a summary of previous and ongoing efforts to survey the region with radio telescopes. He will also describe JPL's monitoring program using a newly refurbished Deen Space Network antenna, and will discuss the potential of future instruments that could detect hundreds of pulsars in the region.